Paint bucket support for use on staging



Feb. 23, 1960 w. P. WALKER PAINT BUCKET SUPPORT FOR USE on STAGING FiledMarch 29, 1957 INVENTOR W\ LLIAM P WALKER ATTORNEY.

United States Patent Ofilice 2,925,979 Patented Feb. 23,

PAINT BUCKET SUPPORT FOR USE ON STAGING William P. Walker, MountainView, Calif.

Application March 29,. 1957, Serial No. 649,479 2 Claims. (Cl. 2485146)This invention relates to painting equipment and deals with a safetysupport for paint buckets and the like on staging.

The invention to be described hereinafter has been directed towardpainting equipment but itwill become apparent that the device will findusefulness in other fields, particularly where staging is used.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a support for paintbuckets that may be used on conventional staging for painting, etc.,with means for movably securing the support to the staging to preventinadvertently upsetting or knocking the support and the buckets off thestaging.

Another object is to provide a paint bucket support for use on a stagingwherein the bucket is safely supported in an elevated position above thefloor of the staging so that the painter does not have to stoop to reachthe bucket with his brush.

Still another object is the provision of a support for a paint buckethaving supporting legs thereon wherein two of said legs have means forclamping over opposite edges of a staging plank.

Briefly stated, this invention embodies a stool, preferably a threelegged stool, having means for supporting a paint bucket thereon,wherein two legs of the stool are hinged to swing on the bucketsupporting means and each leg carries two inwardly extending flangemembers spaced apart at the lower end of the legs to fit above-and belowthe edge of a staging plank, with means for exertinga force tending topull the legs together thereby effecting a clamping action on the edgesof the plank and locking the stool to the staging. A paint bucketsupported in this manner is at an elevation easily reached by thepainter and is held securely against inadvertently tipping or spillingthereby reducing the labor and time in painting.

In addition, it is an object of this invention to provide means in astool of the character described whereby said stool may be used apartfrom the staging and still perform the functions of a stool supporting abucket of paint in a normal manner.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent as the descriptionproceeds in conjunction with the drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a view of my paint bucket support as it would be applied to astaging plank.

Fig. 2 is a side view of Fig. 1, taken on line 22.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view showing how my stool may be used in theconventional manner of a common stool.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary view of the construction of the hingedlegs on my stool, and

Fig. 6 is a view, partly in section, taken on line 66 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawing it will be seen that my invention comprises,generally speaking, a basket 11 adapted to receive and support a bucket12 in an upright position, and three legs 13, 14, and 15. I prefer touse three legs,

of'forms and be constructed of any suitable material, it

being deemed suflicient. to state that the only requirement isthat it besuitable to hold a conventional bucket of paint in an upright position.a

The three elgs are attached to the basket in the following' manner. Leg15, in this case, is the third leg and is suitably attached to thebasket at point 16 diametrically opposite point. 17 where there isrigidly attached a short section of pipe 18. The joining of thesemembers maybe made by welding, riveting, or in any suitable manner forthe purpose described- Attached to the member 18, such as by welding, isa plate 19, and swingably mounted on pivot points 20 and 21 on theopposite ends of this plate are the two legs 12 and 14 respectively. Forbest results, these legs may be flared slightly from the perpendicularas shown in Fig. 2. A handle 22 is attached to the plate 19 for liftingand otherwise handling the support. On the lower end of the member 18, Islidably mount a section of pipe 23 and fix -a handle 24 to this sectionby welding 25. The pipe section 23 carries a pivot point 26' from whichlinks 27 and 28 extend to pivot points 29- and 30 on the legs 13 and 14respectively. Connecting the pivot points 29 and 30 is a tension spring31 which normally exerts a force tending to pull together and when thestool is not on a staging and is not locked as shown in Fig. 6, the legsassume the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 5. Toprevent the legscoming to the dotted line position of Fig. 5, I provide a U-member 32which is adapted to slip into the open ends of the handles 22 and 24 andkeep them from separating. This would be the position shown in Fig. 6and would be the position of the legs when used for a conventionalstool.

On the lower end of each leg 13 and 14 I provide an inwardly extendingfoot or clamp 33 which is adapted to extend in and over the top of astaging plank 34. Also on each leg I provide a sliding member 35 whichis adapted to slide up and down on the leg. This member carries a setscrew 36 for holding it fixed in various positions on the leg and a rod37 which extends downwardly from the member 35 and is turned inwardly toprovide a foot or clamp 38 similar to the foot 33. This clamp is adaptedto extend inwardly under the edge of the staging plank 34. Under thisarrangement, the two legs 13 and 14 may be spread to clamp over theedges of the plank 34 and the spread of the legs may be regulated bymoving handle 24 upwardly toward handle 22 to span the size of plank inuse.

In Fig. 4 I have shown how the flanges 33 and 38 may be positioned forusing the stool with conventional feet. In this case, the two flangesare brought together and the lock member 32 would be used in the ends ofthe handles 22 and 24. The stool would in effect become a conventionalstool with a basket for holding a bucket of paint or the like.

To mount the support on staging, it is only a matter of spreading thelegs 13 and 14 by pulling the two handles 22 and 24 together. The lowerends of the legs 13 and 14 are then slipped over the edges of the plank34 and the flanges 33 and 38 fitted above and below the edge. The spring31 will hold the legs against the sides of the plank and the flangesabove and below both edges of the plank will prevent any possibility ofinadventently tipping the stool over or pushing it off the staging. Thepaint bucket will be held in an elevated position where it is quicklyand easily accessible to the painter. The third leg 15 will normallyfall in the middle of the plank and will constitute a conventional threelegged stool securely mounted on a staging plank. The stool may be movedalong the plank from place to place by grasping both handles 22 and 24and squeezing them together thereby releasing the pressure of the legs13 and 14 on the sides of the plank, whereupon the stool may be slid toa ,new position and clamped again by releasing the handles 22 and 24.

I claim:

1. A paint bucket support comprising, a basket adapted to receive andsupport a bucket of paint, not less than three legs attached to andsupporting said basket in an elevated position, two of said legs beingswingably mounted on pivot points on said basket to swing toward andaway from each other, means for optionally forcing said legs to swingaway from each other, tension means for normally exerting a forcetending to swing said legs toward each other, each of said legs havingan inwardly extending foot at the lower end thereof, and a memberslidably mounted on said legs above said foot, said sliding memberhaving 4 a rod extending therefrom with a foot on the end thereofextending inwardly below said first mentioned foot on said legs.

2. The elements of claim 1 and in addition thereto: means for holdingsaid sliding members in various fixed positions on said legs.

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Bolsey June 3, 1952

